Writers Guild of America Awards 2012

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65th WGA Awards
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Writers Guild of America, East and
the Writers Guild of America, West

Writers Guild of America, East Labor union representing film and television writers

The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) is a labor union representing film and television writers as well as employees of television and radio news.

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February 17, 2013

The 65th Writers Guild of America Awards honor the best film, television, radio and video-game writers of 2012. The television and radio nominees were announced on December 6, 2012. Film nominees were announced on January 4, 2013. All winners were announced on February 17, 2013 at the JW Marriott Hotel in the L.A. Live entertainment complex. [1]

Writers Guild of America Award award

The Writers Guild of America Awards for outstanding achievements in film, television, radio and video game writing, including both fiction and non-fiction categories, have been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949. In 2004, the awards show was broadcast on television for the first time.

Screenwriter writer who writes for TV, films, comics and games

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Winners and nominees

Film

Original

Zero Dark Thirty — Mark Boal; Columbia Pictures

<i>Flight</i> (2012 film) 2012 American drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis

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Paramount Pictures Major film studio in America, specializing in film and television production, and distribution.

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Adapted

Argo — Screenplay by Chris Terrio, based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Tony Mendez and the Wired magazine article "The Great Escape" by Joshuah Bearman; Warner Bros. Pictures

<i>Argo</i> (2012 film) 2012 American political thriller film directed by Ben Affleck

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Chris Terrio is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the 2012 film Argo, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Terrio also won the Writers Guild Award for Best Adapted Screenplay of 2012 and was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, a BAFTA, and the 2013 Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Tony Mendez American CIA technical operations officer and writer

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<i>Life of Pi</i> (film) 2012 film by Ang Lee

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David Magee is an American screenwriter who was nominated for a 2004 Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Finding Neverland. Along with Simon Beaufoy, he wrote the screenplay for Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day starring Frances McDormand and Amy Adams, which was released in 2008.

Yann Martel Canadian author best known for the book Life of Pi

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Documentary

Searching for Sugar Man — Malik Bendjelloul; Sony Pictures Classics

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Sony Pictures Classics is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Sony Pictures. It was founded in 1992 by former Orion Classics heads Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and Marcie Bloom. It distributes, produces and acquires specialty films such as documentaries, independent and art films in the United States and internationally. As of 2015, Barker and Bernard are co-presidents of the division.

Television

Drama series

Breaking Bad — Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC

  • Boardwalk Empire — Dave Flebotte, Diane Frolov, Chris Haddock, Rolin Jones, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Andrew Schneider, David Stenn, Terence Winter; HBO
  • Game of Thrones — David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, George R. R. Martin, D. B. Weiss; HBO
  • Homeland — Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm; Showtime
  • Mad Men — Lisa Albert, Semi Chellas, Jason Grote, Jonathan Igla, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Janet Leahy, Victor Levin, Erin Levy, Frank Pierson, Michael Saltzman, Tom Smuts, Matthew Weiner; AMC

Comedy Series

Louie — Pamela Adlon, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K.; FX

  • 30 Rock — Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Vali Chandrasekaran, Luke Del Tredici, Tina Fey, Lauren Gurganous, Matt Hubbard, Colleen McGuinness, Sam Means, Dylan Morgan, Nina Pedrad, John Riggi, Josh Siegel, Ron Weiner, Tracey Wigfield; NBC
  • Girls — Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling; HBO
  • Modern Family — Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Audra Sielaff, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker; ABC
  • Parks and Recreation — Megan Amram, Greg Daniels, Nate Dimeo, Katie Dippold, Daniel J. Goor, Norm Hiscock, Dave King, Greg Levine, Joe Mande, Aisha Muharrar, Nick Offerman, Chelsea Peretti, Amy Poehler, Alexandra Rushfield, Mike Scully, Michael Schur, Harris Wittels, Alan Yang; NBC

New Series

Girls — Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling; HBO

  • The Mindy Project — Ike Barinholtz, Jeremy Bronson, Linwood Boomer, Adam Countee, Harper Dill, Mindy Kaling, Chris McKenna, B.J. Novak, David Stassen, Matt Warburton; Fox
  • Nashville — Wendy Calhoun, Jason George, David Gould, David Marshall Grant, Dee Johnson, Todd Ellis Kessler, Callie Khouri, Meredith Lavender, Nancy Miller, James Parriott, Liz Tigelaar, Marcie Ulin; ABC
  • The Newsroom — Brendan Fehily, David Handelman, Cinque Henderson, Paul Redford, Ian Reichbach, Amy Rice, Aaron Sorkin, Gideon Yago; HBO
  • Veep — Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Roche, Will Smith; HBO

Episodic Drama

"The Other Woman" ( Mad Men ) — Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner; AMC

Episodic Comedy

"Virgin Territory" ( Modern Family ) — Elaine Ko; ABC

Long Form – Original

Hatfields & McCoys, Nights Two and Three — Teleplay by Ted Mann and Ronald Parker, story by Bill Kerby and Ted Mann; History Channel

Long Form – Adaptation

Game Change — Danny Strong, based on the book by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann; HBO

Animation

"Ned 'n Edna's Blend" ( The Simpsons ) — Jeff Westbrook; Fox

Comedy/Variety (including talk) series

Portlandia — Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Karey Dornetto, Jonathan Krisel, Bill Oakley; IFC

  • The Colbert Report — Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Dan Guterman, Peter Gwinn, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Meredith Scardino, Scott Sherman, Max Werner; Comedy Central
  • Conan — Jose Arroyo, Andres du Bouchet, Deon Cole, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Conan O'Brien, Matt O'Brien, Jesse Popp, Andy Richter, Brian Stack, Mike Sweeney; TBS
  • The Daily Show — Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Richard Blomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, Elliott Kalan, Dan McCoy, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Lauren Sarver, Jon Stewart; Comedy Central
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Bess Kalb, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Bryan Paulk, Danny Ricker, Rick Rosner; ABC
  • Key & Peele — Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Sean Conroy, Colton Dunn, Charlie Sanders, Alex Rubens, Rebecca Drysdale; Comedy Central
  • Real Time with Bill Maher — Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Mike Larsen, Bill Maher, Billy Martin; HBO
  • Saturday Night Live — Seth Meyers, Writers: James Anderson, Alex Baze, Neil Casey, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Shelly Gossman, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Joe Kelly, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Christine Nangle, Mike O’Brien, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Marika Sawyer, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, John Solomon, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker, Emily Spivey, Jorma Taccone, Frank Sebastiano; NBC

Comedy/Variety (including music, awards, tributes ) specials

66th Tony Awards — Written by Dave Boone; Special Material by Paul Greenberg; Opening and Closing Songs by David Javerbaum, Adam Schlesinger; CBS

  • 27th Independent Spirit Awards — Billy Kimball, Wayne Federman; IFC
  • After the Academy Awards — Gary Greenberg, Molly McNearney, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeffrey Loveness, Bryan Paulk, Danny Ricker, Richard G. Rosner; ABC
  • National Memorial Day Concert — Joan Meyerson; PBS

Daytime Drama

The Young and the Restless — Amanda Beall, Jeff Beldner, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Jay Gibson, Scott Hamner, Marla Kanelos, Natalie Minardi Slater, Beth Milstein, Michael Montgomery, Anne Schoettle, Linda Schreiber, Sarah K. Smith, Christopher J. Whitesell, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS

  • Days of Our Lives — Lorraine Broderick, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Christopher Dunn, Lacey Dyer, Janet Iacobuzio, David A. Levinson, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Melissa Salmons, Roger Schroeder, Elizabeth Snyder, Christopher J. Whitesell, Nancy Williams Watt; NBC
  • One Life to Live — Lorraine Broderick, Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Daniel J. O’Connor, Elizabeth Page, Jean Passanante, Melissa Salmons, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Courtney Simon, Chris Van Etten; ABC

Children's - Episodic and Specials

"The Good Sport" ( Sesame Street ) — Christine Ferraro; PBS

Children's - Long Form or Special

Girl vs. Monster — Story by Annie DeYoung, Teleplay by Annie DeYoung and Ron McGee; Disney Channel

Documentary – Current Events

"Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode One" ( Frontline ) — Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria; PBS

  • "The Anthrax Files" ( Frontline ) — Michael Kirk; PBS
  • "Lost in Detention" ( Frontline ) — Rick Young; PBS
  • "Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode Three" ( Frontline ) — Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS
  • "Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode Four" ( Frontline ) — Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith; PBS
  • "A Perfect Terrorist" ( Frontline ) — Thomas Jennings; PBS

Documentary – Other than Current Events

"The Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time" ( Nova ) — Telescript by Randall MacLowry, story by Joseph McMaster and Randall MacLowry; PBS

  • "The Amish" ( American Experience ) — David Belton; PBS
  • "Clinton" ( American Experience ) — Barak Goodman; PBS
  • "Death and the Civil War" ( American Experience ) — Ric Burns; PBS
  • "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap" ( Nova ) — Telescript by Josh Rosen and Julia Cort, story by Joseph McMaster and Josh Rosen; PBS
  • "Johnny Carson: King of Late Night" ( American Masters ) — Peter T. Jones; PBS

News – regularly scheduled, bulletin, or breaking report

"Tragedy In Colorado: The Movie Theatre Massacre" (ABC News) — Lisa Ferri, Joel Siegel; ABC

News – analysis, feature, or commentary

"The Ghost of Joe McCarthy" ( Moyers & Company ) — Bill Moyers, Michael Winship; Thirteen/WNET

  • "Making History at Ole Miss" (CBS News) — Polly Leider; CBS
  • "The Regime Responds" ( Frontline ) — Marcela Gaviria; PBS
  • "Stem Cell Fraud" ( 60 Minutes ) — Scott Pelley, Michael Rey and Oriana Zill de Granados, CBS

Radio

News – regularly scheduled or breaking report

"World News This Year 2011" — Darren Reynolds; ABC News Radio

  • "CBS Radio News" — Duane Tollison; CBS Radio News
  • "Local and National News" — Mark Hugh Miller; CBS Radio News
  • "Remembering Andy Williams" — Arlene Lebe; CBS Radio News

News – analysis, feature, or commentary

"Dishin Digital" — Robert Hawley; WCBS-AM

  • "Pre-existing Conditions and the Affordable Care Act" — Scott J. Saloway; CBS Radio News
  • "Tributes" — Gail Lee, CBS Radio News

Promotional Writing and Graphic Animation

On-Air Promotion (Radio or Television)

"Partners" — Dan A. Greenberger; CBS

Television Graphic Animation

"The Oscars" ( CBS News Sunday Morning ) — Bob Pook; CBS

  • "CBS News Animations" — David Rosen; CBS News

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  1. ↑ "2013 Awards". Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
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